[NSRCA-dist6] District Champion

[Scott McHarg]

I can certainly understand this point of view but the NATS champion being
district champion was just my opinion and not part of the proposal.  I also
described a path that we could take for those vying for District Champion
by adding a 6th contest for anyone not going to the Nats.  There was never
an intention to take away from the participation but I also don't think we
should penalize those that spend the money and the effort to attend the
Nationals.  District Champion should be about who the best pilot is and not
necessarily based on the pilot that participates the most solely.  I agree
that participation should be a key 100% but if we want to award the
championship to the person who participates the most, maybe we should
consider a different name for the award.

My proposal was only meant as a way to get people thinking of a way that
would be fair to everyone across our district.  In the current system,
there is no way that someone in the western half of our district could ever
win without having to constantly travel 12+ hours to get to the more
well-attended contests in the eastern portion of our district.  Is my
proposal perfect?  Absolutely not but I was hoping to get us to consider
everyone in our district and devise a better way of determining the
champion for our entire district.

*Scott A. McHarg*
VSCL / CANVASS U.A.V. Pilot Texas A&M University
PPL - ASEL

On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Clifton Bradford via NSRCA-dist6 <
nsrca-dist6 at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> I disagree with the take that we as a district should support the NSRCA
> Nationals and whomever is lucky enough to win should be our district champ.
>
> I think you should look at what represents a district champ. For me it
> isn't the highest placing dist 6 pilot at the Nats. I am of the opinion
> that the dist champ should represent the district and not the Nats.
> Pattern contest are few and the distances you must travel are huge, to say
> O points earned for attending a contest with less than three would kill the
> few that we have. If there is no reward why not stay home and practice or
> take the kids to a movie or whatever.
>
> So who represents dist 6 as the Champion now, it is the person who spends
> his or her money putting the miles on and attending and supporting the
> local contest. To me this is as it should be. In 1995 I attended 6-7 local
> contest and placed 3rd in sportsman at the Nats, the Nats was the only
> contest I lost and I was not the district champ. At that time there was a
> contest in the Dallas/Fort worth area  and whomever won that single contest
> was the champ. In my opinion that person did not represent the district,
> but only the winner of a local contest.
>
> I campaigned rather hard and was vocal with my thoughts at the time and
> the District champ was changed to the format we now enjoy. To adjust the
> system to a point that attending a local contest had little impact on the
> Championship would be a huge mistake.
>
> Personally I have only made the trip to the Nats, three times. Each time I
> left with the feeling that I had attended a local contest and chose not to
> make the trip anymore. I may or may not attend in the future but if I
> worked at winning that contest and spent my money towards that instead of
> supporting pattern within the District 6 area I would not feel that I
> should be champ because I won the Nats.
>
> Pattern contest have dwindled to the point that only a few remain, after a
> long absence I was able to attend two local contest this year one had only
> 9 people across all classes, the other had only 12. To follow Scott's
> suggestion would have a negative impact on these contest, by removing any
> opportunity to gain points toward the Dist Champ.
>
> Our District Champ should be just that. I see that as the person that puts
> in the time to attend as many local contest as possible. By rewarding that
> we will continue to have local contest but make them worthless and the
> result will be no contest and pattern will continue to fall even further in
> our area.
>
> Cliff Bradford, NSRCA 1481
>
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